My ODP

Lehigh County Collaborative

Contact Information

Meranda Hess, AE Program Specialist, merandahess@lehighcounty.org

Website/Social Media

Lehigh County Family Supports on Facebook

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Communication and Meeting Structures

We are now holding meetings monthly via Zoom.  We also have a planning sub-committee that focuses on planning and organizing our presentation series that meets as needed.  Please email Meranda at MerandaHess@lehighcounty.org if you are interested in joining either the general meeting or the planning sub-committee.

Goals, next steps or actions plans

Our collaborative has been focused on a training series for families/self-advocates.  We have used feedback gathered from families/self-advocates, and the professionals who work closely with them, to identify what families/self-advocates want to know more about.  Our November presentation will be focused on what to expect when newly enrolled in an ID/A Waiver.  We are hoping to also coordinate some future presentations on how to access home health services for individuals under 21 and Community HealthChoices Waivers.

AE/SCO/Provider/DHS/Broad Community Partners Represented within Collaborative:

This is our most exciting change this reporting period: Lehigh and Northampton County have decided to join forces and merge our collaboratives into one big collaborative to support families in the whole Lehigh Valley!